The Best-Selling Existence Books of All Time

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Book Cover of Jean-Paul Sartre, Carol Macomber, Arlette Elkaïm-Sartre, Annie Cohen-Solal - Existentialism Is a Humanism

By Jean-Paul Sartre – Philosopher and Nobel Prize nominee and 3 more 

4.62
| 2007 | 108 Pages
Recommended for: 
Philosophy students and enthusiasts. Ages 12 to Adults.
You will:
  • Learn the fundamental principles of existentialism and how they apply to everyday life.
  • Discover the concept of 'existence precedes essence' and its implications for personal freedom.
  • Understand Sartre's critique of common misconceptions about existentialism and humanism.
  • Explore the relationship between individual choices and collective responsibility in existential thought.
  • Gain insights into Sartre's analysis of Camus's 'The Stranger' and its existential themes.
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Accessible Philosophy
Eloquent Explanation
Quick Read
Engaging Style
Thought-Provoking
Condensed Version
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  • #4 Best Seller in Humanist Philosophy on Amazon
  • New York Times Bestseller
  • Selected as a 2008 AAUP University Press Book for Public and Secondary School Libraries
Brian HendricksThis is a great book for someone looking to start examining the philosophy of existentialism or for the person that has already begun on the path and wants to still know more before diving into Being and Nothingness
Jeremy David StevensExistence precedes essence
Dkoi AccThis book feels more like a long conversation with Sartre. Since he didn't write the book, instead it is a written version of a speech he held, it seems more lifelike
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Book Cover of Karl Jaspers, Richard F. Grabau - Philosophy of Existence (Works in Continental Philosophy)
4.36
| 1971 | 128 Pages
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4.98
| 2025 | 30-300 pages
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All readers across all knowledge levels.
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Book Cover of Dennis Bonnette - Aquinas’ Proofs for God’s Existence: St. Thomas Aquinas on: “The per Accidens Necessarily Implies the per se”
4.28
| 1972 | 211 Pages
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